Kareem M Tonbol , Ph.D.

1st Lecturer

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Biography

Kareem serves as Assistant Professor of Maritime Meteorology & Physical Oceanography and Head of Maritime Meteorology & Hydrographic Survey Program at College of Maritime Transport & Technology (CMTT), Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT). In his role as Head of Maritime Meteorology & Hydrographic Survey Program, he is responsible for the management of the Program, including academics, operations, finance, and fund-raising. He directed & supervised more than 30 students’ graduation projects at the CMTT, the students worked 6 hours/week for 1 academic year. Kareem Established a:
1- Physical Lab used for undergraduate students in the CMTT,
2- Automatic Weather Observing System (AWOS) for education & research purposes in the CMTT,
3- Hydrographic survey lab for education & research purposes in the CMTT.
Kareem reviewed manuscripts submitted for publication to peer-reviewed scientific journals in the “Journal of Operational Oceanography”, “Journal of Ocean & Coastal Management”, “Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development” & “Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering”.
Kareem is a Physical Oceanographer with extensive research experience in climate change impacts on sea level, maritime transport and environmental protection, Oceanographic data analysis and Marine meteorology. He has published 9 research articles. Kareem has taught meteorology & physical oceanography to more than 1000 graduate and undergraduate students at Alexandria University & AASTMT. Kareem directing and supervising 3 PhD dissertations.
Kareem representing the AASTMT in the meetings of the Permanent Arab Committee on Meteorology & its Sub-committees in the League of Arab States (LAS) & in the meetings of the World Meteorology Organization (WMO).

MT482 - Offshore Vessel’s DP

Funds and Projects

Downscaling sea level rise in the Mediterranean Sea under different future climate change scenarios (2065-2100) The Mediterranean Sea is potentially one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects sea level rise (SLR) due to climate change (IPCC, 2013). More particularly, Mediterranean Sea has many low lying coasts which are exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of a SLR of one meter (e.g Nile River Delta, Egypt Dasgupta et al. 2011). More recent simulations indicate that the coastal zone in the Nile River Delta is comparatively vulnerable to the impact of SLR (El-Raey, 2009 Shaltout et al., 2015). Though the Nile River Delta region covers around 5% of the entire territory of Egypt, the expected impacts of SLR on the coastal areas within this region should be a matter of concern for the country for a two main reasons: i) it is estimated that roughly 43% of Egypt’s population live along the coastlines of the country, mostly in the Nile River Delta between Alexandria and Port Said (Boko et al., 2007), and ii) nearly 70% percent of the economic activities in the country, including tourism, agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors take place within this region (Abu Hatab, 2016 CAPMAS, 2015).
Global models have very low spatial resolution, which indicates that this model can describe the global process in reasonably way, but the regional process needs more attentions. Thus the Mediterranean sea level simulations, which is highly controlled by the exchange through very narrow strait (Gibraltar 13 km wide) as demonstrated by Shaltout and Omstedt (2015), are not well described in the Global models. Moreover the Global model is not valid to study the coastal areas, partly due to highly regional variation. Downscaling strategy could be reasonable to solve regional features by using statistical downscaling (Rahmstorf, 2007 Pfeffer et al., 2008) dynamical downscaling (Mariotti et al., 2015).
Under the projections of SLR, Goffredo and Dubinsky (2014) points out that rising sea level will negatively affect many coastal areas especially low lying areas (e.g Lagoons and Deltas).
Against this background and in recognition of the socioeconomic importance of the coastal Mediterranean coasts, it is therefore pertinent to develop in-depth understanding the future SLR uncertainty over the Mediterranean Sea (downscaled to nearly 5 km) with especial attention to Nile Delta coast (downscaled to 50 m) in order to help policymakers to improve informed decision making with regard to adaptation strategies that could mitigate these negative climatic impacts. Downscaling
Funded Project - 59000 EGP